Edwin Sydney Stuart

Edwin Sydney Stuart (28 December 1853-21 March 1937) was Mayor of Philadelphia (R) from 5 January 1891 to 7 January 1895 (succeeding Edwin Henry Fitler and preceding Charles Franklin Warwick) and Governor of Pennsylvania from 15 January 1907 to 17 January 1911 (succeeding Samuel W. Pennypacker and preceding John K. Tener).

Biography
Edwin Sydney Stuart was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1853, and he held controlling interest over a book company before becoming President of the Pennsylvania Republican Party in 1882. In 1886, he was elected to the Philadelphia City Council, and he served as Mayor from 1891 to 1895, taking a hardline stance against corruption and firing several corrupt officials. He went on to serve as Governor from 1907 to 1911, and he became known as a sharp-eyed overseer of the public good. He died in 1937.